Her later performances include the series 099 Central (2002) and the 2010 film Brother and Sister for which she was nominated as Best Supporting Actress and a role in the 2012 TV movie El Tabarís, lleno de estrellas.

[1] Beginning as a singer in 1937, she soon moved from singing into acting, reading tragic parts on Radio Belgrano, where it was noted that she had an expressive face.

Almost immediately the role brought success and she began touring the country,[2] and appeared on both the Teatro Palmolive and Radio Cine Lux.

[6] Some of her most memorable roles were: Ven mi corazón te llama (1942);[7] Elvira Fernández, vendedora de tiendas (1942) directed by Manuel Romero with Paulina Singerman;[8] Cinco besos (1945) in which she worked with Mirtha Legrand;[9] La Rubia Mireya (1948) by Manuel Romero with Mecha Ortiz[4] for which she won Best Comic Actress from the Argentine Film Critics Association;[10] Una noche cualquiera (1951);[7] El Calavera (1954) by Carlos Borcosque; and La murga (1963) by René Mugica.

[4] In addition to film, Lucena worked in many of the theaters along Calle Corrientes and traveled with tours both throughout Argentina and through Brazil, Spain and Uruguay.

[11] She also performed in the Chilean musical La pérgola de las flores by Isidora Aguirre, which made a successful run throughout Latin America.